The University of Georgia home radio booth at Sanford Stadium will be named Saturday for the late Larry Munson, legendary voice of the Bulldogs for 42 years. The “Larry Munson Broadcast Suite” will be officially recognized before the start of Saturday’s Georgia-Tennessee game, which kicks off at 3:39 p.m.

A plaque will be placed outside the Larry Munson Broadcast Suite that reads: “Dedicated to legendary Bulldog play-by-play announcer Larry Munson who served as the voice of the Bulldog Nation from 1966-2008. His dedication, loyalty, passion and extraordinary delivery over 42 years endeared him to Georgia fans in every city, state, and nation around the world, always urging the teams, and fans, to ‘hunker down you guys.’”

“Dawgs’ defense stiffening just enough, but not enough.”
“Butler’s sick, pale as a ghost.”
“Holy smokes, I saw Robinson’s folks in the lobby of the hotel today. And he missed his first two tonight.”
“Leavitt had it blocked, but it went over! It went over!”

Kudos to whoever can give me the four games those Munson calls came from.

#1 1978 Auburn 22-22 tie, the last couple minutes of this game is some of the best Munson ever
#2 2004 Florida State Citrus bowl, Butler just missed a 70-yd FG as time expired..very close Silver Creek
#3 78 KY kudo Russ
#4 1976 Florida Dawgs came back from 27-13 halftime deficit with 28 unanswered points

What separates Larry from the herd is that he was a poet….he raised calling a college football game to an artform….Vol fans, for instance, just hated him because he made John Ward look like the nattering nabob he was.

Munson was the Bob Dylan or Dylan Thomas and now and then the Rudyard Kipling of college football broadcasting.

My first game as a student. I’ll never forget all of those (mostly) empty, plastic souvenir drink cups raining down from the upper deck every time we scored.
Larry was with me and my Mom and Dad and little brother and Grandparents, etc. my whole life. I told my wife a few years ago that when that day finally came, that it was going to be a rough day for me. She said it would be for her, too. It was. I miss him.

Munson couldn’t see the lightning, coming up from behind his side of the stadium during the second half, or he would’ve really been going nuts… last couple minutes of that game was the hardest rain I’ve ever sat in. Really like Munson’s self-assessment in that video. Great stuff.

You do remind me of Larry the way you worry. I talked with him in the grocery store a week before our Season started in 1980(?) and he was so worried about the first game. He had me in tears when I got back to my car. I loved him so much.

Quote Of The Day

“It brings back a great Bulldog running back in Thomas who has NFL playing experience and has had success as a college coach at multiple schools. He also inherits a position that has been built to an elite level by Bryan. And it gives Bryan the opportunity to return to coaching the position he played and the one where he cut his teeth serving as a graduate assistant under wide receiver coach John Eason here at UGA. It also provides him with a new experience as a passing game coordinator.” -- Mark Richt, AB-H, 2/16/15